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Old Dairy-Red Top 3.8% abv.Peppery farmyard bitter.My BOTW
Harvey's-Sussex Best Bitter 4% abv.Almost unimpeacheable:a touch of the cardboard of yesteryear.
Both beers are often overlooked in favour of something more exciting,but they always please.Both taken at The Salehurst Halt ,where the 3rd. beer was Dark Star's Creme Brulee,which didn't appeal.

Last edited by Wittenden; 14-02-2018 at 12:40.

"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.

I'm going for the Tiny Rebel Stay Puft as tried for the outrageous price of £4.60 in the York Tap. It's described as a Marshmallow Porter but tasted great although it's probably too sweet and heavy for 3 of them.

The No. 3 was dark, fruity and went down well on a chilly day but BOTW was Phipps NBC Gold Star.
A pre-WWI export recipe apparently which makes for a fine, traditional, 5,2% IPA. The malt is there initially but there's more than enough hops to give a long bitter finish and make a second, and third, almost impossible to resist.